Male Pet Dog Names
Names for pet dogs. Canine- and dog-related names. Names that mean dog, hound,
coyote, whelp, pup, clawed, hunter, huntress, etc. Also see Wolf Names and Fox Names.
 
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Frederick of Wales had a dog given to him by 
Alexander Pope, and on the collar were these words: 
"I am his Highness's dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?"

1. ACTAEON: Latin form of Greek Aktaion, meaning "effulgence." In mythology, this is the name of a hunter who was torn to pieces by his own dogs. He was then transformed into a deer, thus himself becoming the hunted. 

   • Here is a list of the names of Actaeon's 50 dogs:

     1. ALCE: "strength."
     2. AMARYNTHOS: "from Amarythia," in Eubaea.
     3. ASBOLOS: "soot-colored."
     4. BANOS: meaning unknown.
     5. BOREAS: "north wind."
     6. CANACHE: "ringwood."
     7. CHEDIAETROS (Chedi�tros): meaning unknown.
     8. CISSETA: meaning unknown.
     9. CORAN: "cropped; crop-eared."
     10. CYLLO: "halt."
     11. CYLLOPOTES: "zig-zag runner."
     12. CYPRIOS: "the Cyprian."
     13. DRACO: "the dragon."
     14. DROMAS: "the courser."
     15. DROMIOS: "seize-'em."
     16. ECHNOBAS: meaning unknown.
     17. EUDROMOS: "good-runner."
     18. HARPALE: "voracious."
     19. HARPIEA: "tear-'em."
     20. ICHOBATE: "track-follower."
     21. LABROS: "furious."
     22. LACAENA (Lac�na): "lioness."
     23. LACHNE: "glossy-coated."
     24. LACON: "Spartan."
     25. LADON: "from Ladon," in Arcadia.
     26. LAELAPS (L�laps): "hurricane."
     27. LAMPOS: "shining-one."
     28. LEUCOS: "grey."
     29. LYCISCA: meaning unknown.
     30. LYNCEA: meaning unknown.
     31. MACHIMOS: "boxer."
     32. MELAMPE: "black."
     33. MELANCHETE: "black-coat."
     34. MELANEA: "black."
     35. MENELEA: meaning unknown.
     36. MOLOSSOS: "from Molossos."
     37. NAPA: "begotten by a wolf."
     38. NEBROPHONOS: "fawn-killer."
     39. OCYDROMA: "swift-runner."
     40. ORESITROPHOS: "mountain-bred."
     41. ORIBASOS: "mountain-ranger."
     42. PACHYTOS: "thick-skinned."
     43. PAMPHAGOS: "ravenous."
     44. PAEMENIS: "leader."
     45. PTERELAS: "winged."
     46. STRICTA: "spot."
     47. THERIDAMAS: "beast-tamer" or "subduer."
     48. THERON: "savage-faced."
     49. THOOS (Tho�s): "swift."
     50. URANIS: "heavenly-one."

2. AKTAION (Ακταίων): Greek myth name of a hunter who was torn to pieces by his own dogs, meaning "effulgence." He was then transformed into a deer, thus himself becoming the hunted. 

3. APOLLON (Ἀπόλλων): Greek myth name of a god of archery, healing, light, poetry, prophecy, music, and the sun. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and moon. According to Æschylus, the name comes from apollumi, meaning "to destroy," hence "the destroyer."  This was the name of Elizabeth of Behomia's dog.

4. ARGOS (Άργος): Greek name derived from the word argos, meaning "bright, shining" and "swift." In mythology, this is the name of a giant who had a hundred eyes that were transferred to the peacock's tail after his death. This was also the name of Ulysses' dog who waited ten years for his return from the Trojan War. 

5. ARGUS: Latin form of Greek Argos, meaning "bright, shining" and "swift."  In mythology, this is the name of a giant who had a hundred eyes that were transferred to the peacock's tail after his death. This was also the name of Ulysses' dog who waited ten years for his return from the Trojan War. 

6. ARKTOPHONOS (Άρκτοφόνος): Greek name composed of the elements arktos "bear" and phonos "murderer, slayer," hence "bear-killer." In mythology, this is the name of one of Orion's dogs.

7. BBWADDENE: African Ganda name meaning "large dog."

8. BEAST GLATISANT: In Arthurian legend, this is the name of a monster that was the subject of quests by Sirs Pellinore, Palamedes, Percival and other knights. This hideous creature had the neck and head of a serpent, the haunches of a lion, the skin of the leopard, and the cloven feet of a stag. It was called the "barking beast" because of the sound it made, barking like "thirty couple hounds questing." The first account of this beast is in the Perlesvaus. In Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Arthur confronts the beast right after his affair with Morgause. Then Merlin reveals that the beast had been borne by a princess who lusted after her own brother.

9. BRUTUS: Roman Latin name meaning "heavy" or "the dullard." In use by the English.

10. BUDDY: English name derived from the vocabulary, which may be an altered form of "brother" or, more likely, a variant spelling of British butty, meaning "companion." 

11. CABAL: In Arthurian legend, this is the name of Arthur's dog. According to the Historia Britonum, "There is another marvel in the region which is called Buelt. There is a mound of stones there and one stone placed above the pile with the pawprint of a dog in it. When Cabal, who was the dog of Arthur the soldier, was hunting the boar Troynt, he impressed his print in the stone, and afterwards Arthur assembled a stone mound under the stone with the print of his dog, and it is called the Carn Cabal. And men come and remove the stone in their hands for the length of a day and a night; and on the next day it is found on top of its mound." 

12. CÆSAR: Ancient Roman Latin name meaning "severed." In the bible, this is the surname of Julius Caesar, which adopted by Octavius Augustus and his successors afterwards became a title, and was appointed by the Roman emperors as part of their title.

13. CAILEAN: Scottish Gaelic name meaning "whelp; young pup."

14. CALE: Short form of English Caleb, meaning "dog" or "rabid."
15. CALEB: Anglicized form of Hebrew Kaleb, meaning "dog" or "rabid." In the bible, this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent into Israel by Moses.
16. CERBERUS: Latin form of Greek Kerberos, meaning "demon of the pit." In mythology, this is the name of the three-headed dog that guards the entrance to Hades. 
17. CHAOS: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) confusion; disorder; unpredictability; 2) an abyss; a chasm. In Greek mythology, Chaos is the primordial substance from which the universe supposedly sprang.

18. CHASE: Middle English surname (of Norman French origin) transferred to forename use, meaning "hunter." 

19. CHIGARU: Egyptian name meaning "hound."

20. COCIDIUS: Myth name of a Celtic hunter god, possibly meaning "of the woods."

21. COILEÁN: Irish form of Scottish Gaelic Cailean, meaning "whelp; young pup."

22. COLIN: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Cailean, meaning "whelp; young pup." Compare with another form of Colin.
23. COLLIN: Variant spelling of English Colin, meaning "whelp; young pup."
24. CÓNÁN: Irish Gaelic name which was originally a byname derived from a diminutive form of cú "hound," hence "little hound."
25. CONAN: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Cónán, meaning "little hound."
26. CONWAY: Irish surname transferred to forename use, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Conbhuide "descendant of Cú Bhuidhe," hence "yellow hound."
27. COPERNICUS: Named after the Polish (or German) astronomer, possibly meaning "copper worker."
28. COYOTL: Nahuatl name meaning "coyote."
29. CUÁN: Irish name composed of Gaelic cú "hound/wolf, chief" and a diminutive suffix, hence "little hound."
30. CÚ BHUIDHE: Irish name composed of the Gaelic elements cú "hound/wolf" and buidhe "yellow," hence "yellow hound."
31. CÚ CHULAINN: Variant spelling of Irish Cúchulainn, meaning "hound of Culann."
32. CÚCHULAINN: Irish myth name of a heroic warrior who accidentally killed his son Conlaoch, meaning "hound of Culann."
33. CULLEN: Irish surname transferred to forename use, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Coileáin, "descendant of Coileán," hence "whelp, young pup."
34. CUMHEA: Irish name meaning "hound of the plains." 
35. CUNOBELINUS: Celtic name of an ancient British king, meaning "hound of Belenus."
36. CUNOTIGERNOS: Old Celtic name meaning "hound-like Lord."
37. CYMBELINE: Anglicized form of Celtic Cunobelinus, meaning "hound of Belenus."
38. DACHS: German byname for "a hunter of badgers" or someone who "has badger-like qualities," derived from the vocabulary word dahs, meaning "badger." 
39. DANTE: Contracted form of Italian Durante, meaning "steadfast."
40. DRAVEN: English name possibly derived from the Old English word drǽfend, meaning "hunter." 
41. DRAGON: Aubrey of Montdider was murdered in 1371 in the forest of Bondy. His dog, Dragon, showed an unusual hatred for a man named Richard of Macaire, always snarling and ready to fly at his throat whenever he appeared. Suspicion was excited, and Richard of Macaire was condemned to a judicial combat with the dog. He was killed, and in his dying moments he confessed the crime.
42. DRUDWYN: Welsh legend name of a whelp of Greid, supposed to have been the only hound who could hunt Twrch Trwyth.
43. DUDE: Masculine form of Dudine. From the New York City slang word for a "fastidious man," but the word was originally used to refer to the devotees of the aesthetic craze of the late 1800s and was later used by Westerners in reference to "city slickers (Dudes and Dudines)" from the East. 
44. DUFFY: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Dhuibhshíthe "son of Duibhshíth," hence "black peace."
45. DUKE: 
    1. English name derived from the vocabulary word duke, from Latin dux, meaning "commander, leader."
    2. Short form of English Marmaduke, meaning "devotee of Maedóc." 

46. DUSTY: Pet form of English Dustin, probably meaning "Thor's stone." Also a vocabulary word meaning "resembling dust; powdery; tinged with grey."

47. EARWIG: 1) an insect of the order Dermaptera; 2) one who attempts to influence by persistent confidential talk. Good name for a talking bird that talks a lot.

48. ELMO: Italian name of Germanic origin, derived from the element helm, meaning "helmet, protection." 

49. ELVIS: Perhaps an English form of Scandinavian Alvis, meaning "all wise."

50. EWOK: "Small and bear-like." Named after the fictional Star Wars creatures of the same name.

51. FANDANGO: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) Spanish or Spanish-American dance; 2) nonsense, tomfoolery, or foolish behavior.

52. FANG: Chinese unisex name meaning "fragrance" for girls and "honest and upright" for boys. Or from the vocabulary word, meaning "pointed tooth of an animal."

53. FARGO: A variant of Hungarian Vargo, itself a variant of Varga, an occupational surname meaning "cobbler; shoemaker."

54. FEARLESS: From the vocabulary word meaning "having no fear; brave; courageous; bold; intrepid; valorous; valiant; dauntless; heroic."

55. FIDDLESTICKS: From the vocabulary word, a slang term used to express mild annoyance. Good name for a feisty pup.

56. FINGERS: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) fingers; 2) handles; touches; 3) slang for a tattler, informer.

57. FLIM-FLAM: Slang term meaning 1) nonsense; humbug; deception; swindle; 2) a swindler; a crook; a thief.

58. FLOPSY: Invented name meaning "one who flops."

59. FOLEY: Irish surname transferred to forename use, derived from an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Foghladha "descendant of Foghlaidh," hence "pirate, plunderer." 

60. FOLLY: Vocabulary word derived from Old French folie, from fol, meaning "madman, insane person," itself from Latin follis, meaning "bellows; leather bag," which in Vulgar Latin was used in reference to a "windbag; empty-headed person." 
61. FOOTSIE: From the vocabulary word meaning "flirtatious foot-play." Variant: Footsy.
62. FOOZLE: From a slang word meaning 1) to bungle; to manage clumsily; 2) a clumsy person; a bungler.
63. FOXY: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) like a fox; 2) sly; clever; 3) slang word meaning sensual; sexy; 4) having a sharp flavor or aroma.
64. FRAGGLE: Invented name. Meaning unknown.
65. FREAKY: From the slang word meaning "like a freak; different; unique; strange; unusual; freakish; frightening; scary; horrifying."
66. FUMBLE: From the vocabulary word meaning "to handle clumsily." 
67. GAHIJI: Egyptian name meaning "hunter."
68. GARP: Communications acronym meaning "generic attribute registration protocol." 
69. GAZA: Either from the city of Gaza in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, or denoting a "warrior from Sol" from the Sony Playstation game Legend of Legaia.
70. GENIUS: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) a " guardian spirit" in Latin; 2) someone of extraordinary intellect; more than intelligent; more than smart.
71. GERYON and his DOGS: Geryon was a human monster with three bodies and three heads, whose oxen ate human flesh. He was a Titan giant and he had two dogs: 
    1. GARGITTIOS: "Spear-back." May be a phallic name like Orthos. Variant: Gargitius.
    2. ORTHOS: Orthos was the brother of Cerberus, but had one head less. He guarded Geryon's flesh-eating oxen. Hercules slew both Geryon and this dog. His name is a phallic name, meaning "erect; upright." Variants: Orth, Orthrus, Orthus.
72. GORT: An acronym meaning " Give or Take."
73. GRABBER: From the vocabulary word for one who " grabs, captures, restrains, arrests, grasps."
74. GRASSHOPPER: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) an insect having long, powerful hind legs adapted for jumping; 2) a light airplane for scouting.
75. GRINGO: From the Mexican Spanish contemptuous word gringo, meaning "foreigner," itself from Spanish gringo meaning "foreign talk, unintelligible gibberish," probably ultimately from Spanish griego, meaning "Greek." 
76. GRIZZLY: From the vocabulary work meaning 1) gray; 2) a grizzly bear.
77. GROSVENOR: French surname transferred to forename use, composed of the Anglo-Norman French elements gros "chief, great" and veneur "hunter," hence "chief hunter" or "great hunter."
78. GROUCHO: Named after the comedian Groucho Marx.
79. GUDAHI: Native American Omaha name meaning "there it (a coyote) goes!"
80. GUMBY: Named after the 1960s Claymation character. The word means "an incompetent; dummy; someone stupid."
81. GUS: English short form of Latin Augustus, meaning "venerable."
82. GUSTO: From the vocabulary word meaning "vigorous enjoyment; zest; high spirit."
83. GWRGENAU: Welsh name composed of the elements gwr "man, warrior" and cenau "whelp, young dog." In heroic poetry, Gwrgenau was used as a term for a "ferocious warrior."
84. HAMBONE: From the vocabulary word, meaning "a ham bone."
85. HAMMER: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) a driving force; 2) to pound; beat; pummel.
86. HOMEY: From the vocabulary word meaning "like home; comfortable; cozy."
87. HOTSTUFF: Slang word meaning "attractive; exciting; sexy."
88. HOUDAIN: This was the name of a dog belonging to Tristan. Meaning unknown. Variants: Hodain, Houdenc.
89. HOWDY: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) slang for greetings, hello, hi there.
90. HUNTER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "hunter."
91. IDOGBE: Egyptian name meaning "brother of twins." This name seems to be saying "I dog be." And if the dog has two siblings that look alike, the name might be a good choice for him.
92. ISTAQA: Native American Hopi name meaning "coyote man."
93. JASPER: English form of Spanish Gaspar, meaning "treasure bearer." Early Christians assigned names to the three Magi ("wise men from the east") who visited the baby Jesus. They are mentioned but not named in the bible; Jasper is one of them, the other two are Balthasar and Melchior. Jasper is also the name of an opaque cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that may be red, yellow or brown in color. Also spelled Casper and Kasper.
94. JAZZ: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) a style of music; 2) animation; enthusiasm; 3) nonsense; exaggeration; a lie. Variants: Jazzie, Jazzy.
95. JEDI: An acronym meaning " Java Engineering, Development, and Integration."
96. JEEM: Acronym meaning " Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology."
97. JIGGY: An invented name meaning "like a piece of a puzzle." Variant: Jiggie.
98. JIGSAW: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) a kind of puzzle; 2) a kind of power-driven reciprocating saw.
99. JINGLE: From the vocabulary word meaning 1) makes a tingling, ringing, or bell sound; 2) a catchy sound, rhyme or doggerel. Variant: Jingles.
100. KALEB (כָּלֵב): Hebrew name meaning "dog" or "rabid." In the bible, this is the name of one of the twelve spies sent into Israel by Moses. Also spelled Kalev.

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